Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:04:04 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: John Flowers <John.Flowers@botcc.com> Cc: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Certifications Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003011003350.28233-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <38BD2F22.503D9B4B@BOTCC.com>
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Frmo my own experience in computer land - and from the hair loss Ive suffered hiring computer staff, the best way to learn ANYTHING is to jump in and get crasy. On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, John Flowers wrote: > My mistake. really what I probably should have asked what is the best way to > learn FreeBSD. Through classes or as I am doing now, in the trenches > grinding my way through? I do know many of those " Paper Certified" > administrators, so I understand. Well back to the trenches I go. Before I > go another question. I am building my FreeBSD workstation from the ground > up. Does anyone have any suggestions for the board to use. and what > processor would be best Intel or should I go towards the Alpha. I have been > leaning towards an asus P2B-S, or ASUS P3C-S for a motherboard, with a > Pentium 3. I am still researching the Alpha. > > thanks again, > > John Flowers > > Steve Hovey wrote: > > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John Flowers wrote: > > > > > > > Where do I go to find classes to be certified in FreeBSD. > > > > > > Short answer, there aren't any. Longer answer, it wouldn't mean > > > anything even if there were. > > > > You are making that smart person mistake - those of us in the trenches > > realise that certification courses are waste (Ive known several certified > > stupid people) - BUT business is a game, and non-techie managers need > > something to go by to feel they are making a good hire choice, and > > unfortunately buy into the cert thing. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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